Vocabulary, Calvert 6th Grade Reading, Unit 2 (Lesson 21 - 3rd Review)
Terms
undefined, object
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- (28) harrowed
- unnerved
- (28) refractory
- uncooperative
- (28) rankle
- irritate
- (28) gossamers
- feathers
- (28) deprecation
- reproachfulness
- (25) ferreted out
- track down, hunt out
- (26) curtly
- abruptly, impolitely, snappishly, tersely
- (26) perturbation
- confusion, bewilderment, uneasiness, bothering
- (27) gable
- the portion of the front or side of a building, usually triangular or nearly triangular in shape, enclosed by or masking the edn of a roof that slopes downward from a central ridge
- (27) spangles
- spots, beads
- (26) effectual
- satisfactory, sufficient, functional
- (26) fractious
- irritable, quarrelsome
- (25) ingenuously
- undeceptively, sincerely, genuinely, forthrightly
- (26) aggravating
- irritating, annoying
- (26) rapture
- thrill, euphoria
- (28) consternation
- bewilderment
- (28) askance
- distrustfully
- (26) resolutely
- determinedly, firmly, relentlessly
- (28) kindred
- tribe, extended family
- (25) qualms
- regrets, misgivings, doubts
- (28) obdurate
- unyielding
- (27) eaves
- the overhanging lower edge of a roof
- (26) potent
- powerful, strong
- (26) stipulations
- conditions, prerequisites, specifications
- (26) tempestuous
- stormy, violent, intense
- (26) indignantly
- angrily, resentfully
- (25) elusive
- evasive, intangible, inexplicable
- (29) bowery
-
(adjective) leafy, shady
bower = leafy & shady enclave, arbor (could also refer to summer cottage, country cottage) - (28) behooved
- be obligatory, be suitable, be advantageous
- (26) reproachful
- disapproving, critical
- (26) hinder
- impede, restrain
- (26) providential
- advantageous, convenient
- (26) breach
- break, gap, offense, transgression
- (26) predilection
- tendency
- (25) revelation
- surprise, unmasking
- (26) consolation
- comfort, sympathy
- (26) gimlet
- borer (sharp-pointed thing used to make holes)
- (26) affliction
- adversity, suffering
- (25) gauntlet
- hardship
- (29) writhing
- squirming
- (25) ludicrously
- comically
- (25) ethereal
- delicate, fine, wispy
- (25) reverie
- daydream
- (28) rejoinder
- response
- (29) staccato
- steady beat (rhythmic, characterized by shortened notes or clipped speech)
- (25) spry
- energetic
- (25) deftly
- skillfully
- (29) sarcasm
- mockery
- (25) sundry
- various, varied
- (26) deprecatingly
- condemningly, disparagingly (in such a way as to indicate earnest disapproval of)
- (29) retort
- answer
- (25) traversed
- walked
- (25) perforce
- as a matter of course
- (25) pessimism
- gloom
- (25) wistful
- wishful, forlorn
- (25) decorum
- protocol, dignity, good manners
- (25) enticed
- tempted
- (25) innovation
- transformation, renovation (something new or different introduced)
- (25) vivacity
- liveliness
- (27) jocoser
- jesting, joking
- (27) hoisted
- lifted, raised
- (27) fete
- feast
- (28) imploring
- begging
- (28) abashed
- disconcerted
- (28) abasement
- degradation
- (28) glibly
- smoothly (smoothly-spoken)
- (28) fortnight
- two weeks
- (28) skeptical
- distrustful
- (28) catechism
- belief system, religion
- (28) tremulous
- quaky, quivery
- (29) furbelows
- edging
- (28) Parthian shaft (or Parthian shot)
- parting shot (a sharp, telling remark or gesture made in departing)
- (29) deprecatory
- reproachful
- (29) brusquely
- abruptly
- (29) brooch
- breastpin, clasp
- (29) compunction
- remorse
- (29) rigmarole
- nonsense
- (29) consumption
- expenditure
- (29) beguiled
- misled
- (29) dolefully
- mournfully
- (29) sacrilegious
- blasphemous
- (29) sublime
- lofty
- (29) abets
- encourages
- (29) sallow
- wan
- (29) tribulations
- hardships
- (29) cranny
- fissure